INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS SINCE 1984

Forty years of cutting-edge publishing

Synergetic Press is more than a publisher. Books, both print and digital, are only part of our mission to promote mindful discussion of humankind’s present and future lives as stewards of this planet.

For almost 40 years, we’ve published unique and paradigm-shifting ideas in subjects such as ecology, sustainability, cultural studies, social justice, consciousness, and psychedelics that inspire both individual and social change. In part, the press arose to fill the void of information about these topics.

The roots of the press extend back to the early activists who formed the Theater of All Possibilities in San Francisco in 1967 and the Institute of Ecotechnics (IE) in 1973, collectives that fused the values of the arts, ecology, and enterprise. The IE team conceived, built, and operated the initial work of Biosphere II to create a better understanding of our world and the possible explorations beyond it. Synergia Ranch, a regenerative farm and conference center established in 1969 outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico serves as home base for IE as well as the press, which also has offices in London, providing global reach and connection.

Synergetic Press sits within the ecosystem of the Institute and its other affiliates, creating a vibrant and flourishing activist environment. Through these projects, we have found ourselves in community with poets and theater-makers, researchers, thinkers, and changemakers who pondered the inner depths of their consciousness and the outer realms of our interdependence—together they formed a constellation of rich stories and new ideas that continue to shape our collective dreaming in this ever-changing world.

We continue to expand our outreach beyond the book, hosting a number of symposiums and events both locally and internationally.

About our Publishing House

For over forty years, we have published the thinkers, dreamers, and pioneers who refused to stay within the lines. From ecologists and ethnobotanists to psychedelic researchers and poets. Ours is a history built on curiosity, courage, and an unshakeable belief that the right idea, given the right home, can change everything.

Four decades of stories, milestones, and ideas that shaped a movement. Step inside and explore the full history of Synergetic Press.

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THE FOUNDER

A press born from vision

Deborah Parrish Snyder founded Synergetic Press in 1984 with a clarity of purpose that has guided every book published since. A pioneer of her time, she spearheaded the operations of the Press with grace and tenacity, seeing possibility where no one else could. Deborah is the shining start of Synergetic Press, taking her inspired vision into fruition everywhere she goes. Four decades later, that original vision remains the heartbeat of everything we do stays aligned to her mission.

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Our Mission

We publish to expand our thoughts. Synergetic Press exists to advance transformative ideas on ecology, consciousness, social justice, and our relationship with the living world. Every book we publish is an act of belief that the right idea can shift worlds and we stand at the forefront of those pioneering ideas, serving as a blueprint for this planetary shift.

Our Vision

We believe the next chapter of human culture will be written by the people asking the hardest questions. Our vision is to gather those voices, from the frontiers of ecology, consciousness, and psychedelic research, and give them a platform that honors their legacy. Together, they are mapping a more awake, more connected and more regenerative world.